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The British businessman at the wheel of the biggest carmaker in India plunged
to his death from the upper floors of a luxury hotel during a business trip
to Bangkok yesterday morning.

Karl Slym, 51, managing director of Tata Motors, had been in the Thai capital
with his wife, Sally, for a board meeting of the company’s local division.
He fell from the five-star Shangri-La Hotel on the riverside, in the heart
of the city, shortly before 8am, according to police.

Local media reports suggested that he had fallen from a balcony on the 22nd
floor after losing his balance.